Phase-based block matching applied to motion estimation with unconventional beamforming strategies

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 945-957

  Basarab, Adrian ^a,b,c   Gueth, Pierre ^a,b,c   Liebgott, Hervé ^a,b,c   Delachartre, Philippe ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE ERROR; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; AXIAL DIRECTION; AXIAL ERRORS; BEAMFORMING TECHNIQUE; BLOCK MATCHING; BLOCK MATCHING METHODS; COMPLEX CORRELATION; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; CROSS CORRELATIONS; CROSS-CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOWNSAMPLING; ELASTOGRAPHY; ESTIMATION ERRORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; LATERAL DIRECTIONS; LATERAL MOTION; LOCAL DISPLACEMENT; LOCAL ESTIMATION; MODULATED SIGNAL; ORIGINAL IMAGES; PHASE BLOCKS; PHASE IMAGE; REAL TIME; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; SIMULATED DATA; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; ULTRASOUND IMAGES;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BEAMFORMING; BINARY SEQUENCES; MOTION COMPENSATION; MOTION ESTIMATION; OPTICAL FLOWS; REAL TIME CONTROL; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 67650473290     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2009.1127     Document Type: Article

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